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RE: (erielack) Buiklders plates

     Speaking of builders plates - in the early days of Auto-Train, we had a 
rep from GE visit now & then to checkup on the road engines. He & I got 
acquainted and he came to me one day & said "You're interested in this sort 
of thing, Walt" and opening his car's trunk showed me a bunch of builders 
plates from Milwaukee boxcab electrics and 'Little Joes'. He offered all of 
them to me for $100.00 (there were about 8 or 10 Milwaukee as well as a 
couple RS-3s & 1 or 2 others). I declined since my wife would have been 
upset if I blew that much money.
        How many times do you think I've regretted it now??? Moral is - if u 
think u'd like it, get it. They ain't making this stuff anymore.

Regards,

Walt Smith


>From: Philip Martin <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Philip Martin <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net>
>To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>Subject: (erielack) Buiklders plates
>Date: 1 Aug 2006 11:49:59 GMT
>
>Walt Smith has a builders plate from one of his favorite locomotives.  
>Years ago, I bought an oval EMD builder's plate, the real thing, at a hobby 
>shop, and rivited to the front of my Honda.  You can tell I'm not too 
>classy.   When I'd take it in for an inspection, I'd tell it was a GM 
>diesel;  and   they'd have to agree.
>The Honda's gone, but I still have the builder's plate.
>These days I've got another Honda, with a  picture of a nice Pennsy steam 
>train, on the license plate.
>Philip Martin
>
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